Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire
The idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supre...
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doaj-5d53409aa1584b2480e6bfc3cf7932b52020-11-24T22:23:01ZengSociété d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe sièclesXVII-XVIII0291-37982117-590X2015-12-017223124810.4000/1718.373Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaireJuliette DorotteThe idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supreme being or institution such as one’s nation, is praised in these texts, one can simultaneously note the existence of a complementary counter-discourse which glorifies commitment to the self. These two representations are perpetually unsettled by the recurrent idea, developed in 1790s novels especially, that any type of commitment is impracticable.http://journals.openedition.org/1718/373 |
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Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire |
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Déférence, abnégation et souci de soi : l’engagement dans le roman américain post-révolutionnaire |
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles |
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The idea of commitment is central to the American novels of the post-Revolutionary era, as it functions as a model for individual and collective behavior that carries strong moral, social, as well as political resonances. While the capacity to fully devote oneself to another, particularly to a supreme being or institution such as one’s nation, is praised in these texts, one can simultaneously note the existence of a complementary counter-discourse which glorifies commitment to the self. These two representations are perpetually unsettled by the recurrent idea, developed in 1790s novels especially, that any type of commitment is impracticable. |
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